1 injured in rollover on 215 Beltway near Losee Road
By KIMBERLY DE LA CRUZ LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL
The driver of this pickup truck had to be extricated from this vehicle by North Las Vegas firefighters after a rollover crash on the northern 215 Beltway near Losee Road, Monday, March 2, 2015. He was taken by helicopter to University Medical Center. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Nevada Highway Patrol officers investigate a rollover crash involving two vehicles on the 215 Beltway near Losee Road in North Las Vegas on Monday morning, March 2, 2015. The driver in the pickup truck was transported by helicopter to the hospital, and the driver of the second vehicle was uninjured. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Nevada Highway Patrol officers investigate a rollover crash involving two vehicles on the 215 Beltway near Losee Road in North Las Vegas on Monday morning, March 2, 2015. The driver in the pickup truck was transported by helicopter to the hospital, and the driver of the second vehicle was uninjured. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Nevada Highway Patrol officers investigate a rollover crash involving two vehicles on the 215 Beltway near Losee Road in North Las Vegas on Monday morning, March 2, 2015. The driver in the pickup truck was transported by helicopter to the hospital, and the driver of the second vehicle was uninjured. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Nevada Highway Patrol officers investigate a rollover crash involving two vehicles on the 215 Beltway near Losee Road in North Las Vegas on Monday morning, March 2, 2015. The driver in the pickup truck was transported by helicopter to the hospital, and the driver of the second vehicle was uninjured. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Nevada Highway Patrol officers investigate a rollover crash involving two vehicles on the 215 Beltway near Losee Road in North Las Vegas on Monday morning, March 2, 2015. The driver in the pickup truck was transported by helicopter to the hospital, and the driver of the second vehicle was uninjured. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Nevada Highway Patrol officers investigate a rollover crash involving two vehicles on the 215 Beltway near Losee Road in North Las Vegas on Monday morning, March 2, 2015. The driver in the pickup truck was transported by helicopter to the hospital, and the driver of the second vehicle was uninjured. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
All westbound lanes of the 215 Beltway between Losee Road and 5th Street have reopened after a rollover crash briefly closed them Monday morning.
A man was transported by helicopter to the University Medical Center with serious injuries.
The two-vehicle crash between a pickup truck and a Nissan Altima happened about 8 a.m., according to Nevada Highway Patrol Trooper Chelsea Stuenkel.
The pickup truck rolled over, and the driver had to be cut from the wreckage by North Las Vegas firefighters, Stuenkel said.
It was not immediately known what caused the crash, Stuenkel said.
The driver of the Nissan was uninjured.
This is a developing story. Check back here for details.
Contact Kimberly De La Cruz at kdelacruz@reviewjournal.com or 702-383-0381. Find her on Twitter: @KimberlyinLV.
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